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Aug 15 BESE Meeting: More MCAS Score Increases

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

If you didn’t like the proposal to increase the 10th grade MCAS scores, you are going to dislike the 11th hour, no-public-comment proposal to increase them even more. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is scheduled to meet on

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MCAS Regulations Delayed – Again. UPDATED!

July 25, 2022July 26, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The MCAS can was kicked down the road again with the postponement of the July 25, 2022 BESE meeting. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education was scheduled to meet on a rare Monday meeting on July 25, 2022. However,

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2021 High school MCAS Testing Schedule

October 9, 2020October 8, 2020 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) published the the schedule for the 2021 High School MCAS administrations. The full details are available here. The testing schedules for MCAS for grades 3-8 and the ACCESS for English learners dates

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BESE Meeting – Feb 27, 2018

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

BESE expected to vote for new Charter school for Lawrence/Methuen/Haverhill. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) is scheduled to meet Tuesday, February 27, 2018. On the agenda this week are updates related to the Southbridge Public Schools, charter

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2017 MCAS Results

October 21, 2017October 20, 2017 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The 2017 MCAS results and accountability rankings are now public for both the “Next Generation” MCAS and “legacy” Grade 10 MCAS assessments. We break it down: Results and Accountability  Results from the 2017 MCAS assessment, including accountability designations, were released

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New Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks

August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education published the final form of the updated Mathematics curriculum frameworks in late June. The 2017 frameworks were approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in March 2017. The revisions to the

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Technology and Shiny New Objects!

September 15, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The September 9, 2016 Commissioner’s Weekly Update was a virtual playground of DESE news on computer-based testing, funding opportunities and real-life networking events. Also included in the update were updates on the 21st Century Community Learning Grants, a letter from the

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MCAS 2.0 Vendor Announced

June 27, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

What is old is new again. Measured Progress, the longtime test developer and vendor for the MCAS exam, has been selected as the vendor for the MCAS 2.0. This will include both the paper-based and computer-based exams in English language

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MCAS 2.0 Development

March 18, 2016March 24, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

MCAS 2.0 is not taking the Commuter Rail to the next-generation assessment station. This train has left the building. DESE has published the Development Process and Timeline with a goal of rolling out the new English language arts and mathematics MCAS 2.0

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MCAS 2.0 Bid Posting

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

Do you have what it takes to develop the next-generation MCAS test? Read the press release from DESE announcing the opening of the request for responses (RFR) by DESE to assessment development vendors.   The complete set of documents can be downloaded

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